From This to That

I was the girl Who was afraid of things I didn’t know afraid of even going to the bathroom by myself because of the ‘monsters’ that hid in the closet or under the bed or at the end of the hallway At 4 in the morning where you can’t see anything around Because the sun hasn’t risen into the sky yet

I was the girl Who thought she knew everything about life about others But soon was disproved that what I actually knew about everything around me Was so very little

I was the girl Who wished for a little sister, someone to keep me busy when there is nothing to do in such a big house with only my mom But instead i got not only one but two sisters and two brothers That came from a completely different father and mother

I was the girl Who wasn’t sure where I was supposed to be, in a world that judges you by everything you do Found out though, that I don’t need a place to be Me

I was the girl Who wanted to be mature when I was little because mature people always looked so cool from my little blue eyes that I couldn’t be at that stage but now i just want to be Little again because life seems to difficult for someone who has to be so mature And act like an adult

I am the girl Who sees the glass partially filled because there is still so much Left to do like skydive Or swim the Barrier Reef

I am the girl Who daydreams about the impossible of creating objects that could be useful but cannot be made But fails at the possible and plausible of doing something as Simple as my homework

I am the girl who speaks up when speaking up is so hard to do when others can’t say a Word because the authority tries to keep us Quiet

I am the girl Who has the courage to stand and speak yet knows when to Sit and listen

I am the girl Who wants to be independent from family, friends, and the world but still depends on others To get me there

I am the girl Whose head is so full of ideas of different paintings or stories that I can’t even figure out Where to start

I am the girl Who sometimes forgets about herself Because I put others first seeing that they are more important than myself

I am the girl Who ignores all the obstacles of life’s problems and struggles just trying to slowly get by Little by little to get where I want to be in life

I am the girl who sometimes is impatient but still waits for everything and anything in life

I am the girl who’d rather follow her own beat of her heart or the drums And ignore the rest that rumble around me trying to block out my own so that I have to follow the others

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